South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-24
Home Correspondence.

Home Correspondence.
lTkis Department 10 the peoples We coatsol
bat do not directit Correspondents must
assume the responsibility Of their letters.
SLANEsviLLE, June Is.
Mr.. Editor. We are having no,
and dry weather now. Wheat is
.fipening very fast and much Is in
jured by joint worm. 30 that not
more than a ( crop can be reaped.
Much corn has been injured by
wire worm. That dreaded disease
dlphtheria is still raging; four of
Mr.. Alkire's children are still
sick. DR.. Taylor Ii attending ply
stefan The enrolment OF the
Salem Sunday-school Ia now 104.
Excursions to Ice Mountain are
now the order of the day.
OXYGEN.
&,.:s
n. r. MILLS, Jnue 10.
Mr.. Editor: MIR. j. Nj. Offutt
had mash up the day of the dec
GRAFTON, while watering HE horse
in Maple-run MIR. Frank Light in
passing ian against his buggy
wheel and mashed it. They pro-
posed leaving the matter 10 DR..
Shull to decide who should be tho
loser. The writer has not yet
heard who had the more power
at law. MIR. B. T. Smith has pur.
chased buggy to go back and
forth to his saw.mill: he lives u
distance from it. Mr.. g. Leath
has gone to Mary land, where he
will be engaged as post master; he
leaves many Borrowing friends.
Your truly. ANEMoMErER.
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South BRANCH, June Is.
Mr.. Editor: Having seen moth.
ing from this vicinity in the col.
umns OF our highly appreciated pa
per for some time / will give
you o few items. Dir. George
johnson Of the Levels WHO has
been attending the Fairmont Nor
NAL has returned home. Mrs.
Lettie Adams and two children of
Tucker county are visiting Mr.. D.
Swither aud other relatives near
here. Dry weather prospects, no
rain for nearly two weeks. MIR.
William Saville late from the = or.
NAL school Mt Fairmont is clerking
IN MIR. w. N. Guthrie's store. Mr.
Charles Swisher has been visiting
friends in Maryland for some
weeks. Correspondents, wake up
and give us the news. we want to
bear from ell over the county.
The grand old Intelligencer bright as the
morning star,
Is read and appreciated by those near and
far
II still keeps shining ss bright as tn,
SUM
Doing the work that 1t finds TO be done.
Never. dull, never weary, discoten,ei or cad
But always fresh aud CHEEKY and filled
with The best news to b. had.
May il be successful 10 all lie future un
Is the honest wish Of your friend,
| Jix RAKiSGs.
Nv,
| SPRIN9FIELD, June %.
Mr.. j. e. Clark and wife oil
Charleston, this State, and Deputy
U. s. Marshall, U. s. Martin and
wife, OF Cumberland are visiting
relatives in town. Prof. w. w.
Stickley of Romney spent last Sat.
u:day and Sunday on South
Branch. Messrs Ned Gregg and
VIM Oliver of Baltimore are the
guests of Mrs N. B. Guthrie. Mr.
Robt. w. Parker has been quite
unwell for some days. A substap
tial FAILING fence is being pu,
around our school house lot. The
brick work of the Lew church is
about finished up to the square and
the rafters which will be sell
supporting-are being Put on,
Quite a numLer of young men
from Romncy were ia town Sun
day-buggy riding. Mrs. Thomas
kuykendall has recovered from a
recent attack Of lheumat SIN. We
have had some good showers this
week. Harvesting is the order OF
the day. Miss Mary Bowen las
gone TO Cumberland to spend Il
few days with her sister Mrs. Mar
tin. Mrs. Susan Wall returned
last week from Charleston, where
she has been with her niece, Mrs
Kate Clark. for some months. Miss
Matte McGlathery is visiting in
Paw Paw this week. GUESS.